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in France to train in acting and to act in a French play that was staged in Delhi, Calcutta and
Strasbourg. On his return from France he decided to direct plays himself and in 1992 he founded the Theatre Arlequin. He staged more than 25 plays in English and French the most notable of which were
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written in 2011, has been translated into several Indian languages. He is a children's author who through his writing has explored his childhood memories and has created a small, cheerful world for his young readers. One of his other book is
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